ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 376880
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Date: | Sunday 30 June 1985 |
Time: | 10:15 LT |
Type: | Cessna 152 |
Owner/operator: | Tss Flying Club, Inc. |
Registration: | N757MP |
MSN: | 15279851 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2670 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Gaithersburg, MD -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:AFTER NOT OBTAINING SURFACE WIND INFO AND NOT OBSERVING THE WIND SOCK, THE STUDENT PLT ENTERED FINAL APCH WITHOUT OBSERVING ANY SIGNIFICANT DRIFT. WHEN THE ACFT WAS AT NOSE-UP ATTITUDE. IT FLOATED AND STOPPED DESCENDING FOR A FEW SECONDS. SUDDENLY, THE PLT HEARD LOUD WHIPPING NOISES AND OBSERVED THE RIGHT WINGTIP CONTACTING THIN BRANCHES OF SMALL TREES. THE PLT MADE A GO-AROUND ATTEMPT. THE ACFT DID NOT ASCEND, BUT AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS THE RIGHT WINGTIP WAS FREE OF THE TREES AND THE ACFT RAPIDLY YAWED TO THE LEFT. AFTER ALIGNING WITH THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, THE AIRCRAFT WHEELS CONTACTED THE RWY AT A NEARLY LEVEL ATTITUDE AND THE ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | BFO85LA066 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB BFO85LA066
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